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Hoover vs. FDR
Alphabet Soup
Causes of the Great Depression
Effects of the Great Depression
Mix-it-up
100
This man was the president during the market crash of 1929.
President Hoover
100
This federal act insured bank deposits to help restore confidence in the banking system
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
100

During the Roaring Twenties, Americans first started using this to buy luxury items, which led to the illusion of wealth

credit/installment buying

100
The rise in this among American workers was major result of the Great Depression.
unemployment
100
This was the term for shantytowns made of cardboard boxes which housed many of the people affected by the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
200

This president is famous for his fireside chats and the line "we have nothing to fear but fear itself".

FDR

200
This set up a system of pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and people with disabilities
SSA - Social Security Act
200

Name for someone who takes risks with their money and is often looking for ways to get rich

Speculator

200

One impact of the Great Depression was the government passed many new acts and laws to regulate businesses and banks, ENDING this policy that dominated the Roaring 20s

laissez-faire

200

nickname for the group of WWI soldiers who protested in Washington DC because they wanted the government to give them their benefits 

Bonus Army

300

Believed in Laissez Faire and did NOT want to increase the role of government in helping the needy.

Hoover

300

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Administration (PWA)

These New Deal programs were all meant to provide immediate help with this problem of the Great Depression

Unemployment

300

The Immediate Cause of the Great Depression

Stock Market Crash (1929)

300

helped to set up a minimum wage, create a 8-hour work day, and set child labor laws

Fair Labor Standards Act

300

The nickname for the time period when a President tries to keep their campaign promises and pass new laws/acts at the start of their presidency; this phrase became popular because of FDR

The Hundred Days

400

Many people blamed this President for not using his power and the government to help provide relief to Americans who were suffering, which also cost him the election in 1932

Hoover

400
Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood-control projects
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
400

After WWI, businesses started to fail because the demand for their products started to decrease, which led to this cause of the Great Depression

overproduction (surplus of goods)

400

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Emergency Banking Act, and more regulations by the Federal Reserve were set up to protect the ____________ and prevent another Depression

economy
400
These 3 "R"s were promised by FDR, each New Deal Agency focused on one of these promises.
Relief, Recovery, & Reform
500

This president felt that the government needed to be more involved in the lives and business of the citizens - a "new deal" from the way it was.

FDR

500
regulated the stock market 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

500

Farmers were most affected by this event during the Great Depression which blew up dirt and created huge dust storms in the Great Plains states.

Dust Bowl

500

A lasting legacy of the New Deal was that the ______________ would take more responsibility for the nation's problems instead of just having people deal with it themselves.

federal government

500
Congress did not agree with this plan by FDR because it threatened the system of checks and balances

Court-packing scheme